The emergency department epidemiology of acute allergic events: Can we ever compare apples with apples?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-317

  Brown, Anthony F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; AUSTRALIA; BEE STING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DESENSITIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; FRANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT STING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0042859849     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00468.x     Document Type: Note

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